Category: Kids and Teens

• Picture This! Why Everyone Should Read Picture Books

  I have been waiting all year for November because it is National Picture Book Month. While I love all levels of children’s books (see my previous posts about the Enola Holmes mysteries and the Enchanted Forest Chronicles), I always get the most excited about picture books. Yep. Picture books. Big books with few words. Meant…

  Mary

  November 13, 2023

  Book Reviews, Kids and Teens, Recommendations

  IdaAlways, LostAndFound, NationalPictureBookMonth, PictureBooks, PictureBooksAboutLibraries, ThankYouMrFalker, TheLibrary, WabiSabi, ZenShorts

• Storytelling at Russell Library

  Winter is the season of storytelling. In some cultures, November 1st marked the start of the New Year: the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter. True to form, this year in Middletown the first frost came between the dusk of November 1st and the dawn of November 2nd. Now the remaining crops…

  Amy S.

  November 6, 2023

  Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Library Services

  AChristmasCarol, CharlesDickens, ConnecticutStoryTellingCenter, JaneAusten, PrideAndPrejudice, ReverendCollins, storytelling, Tellebrations, WatershipDown

• Secrets of Russell Library 2023

  Welcome to Fall! Or, as we call it at Russell Library, Secrets Season. This will be our second year of October spooky/historical tours in the library. The Secrets team has been working all summer to come up with new stories, new decorations, and a new route. This year, the tours kick off on Friday the…

  Amy S.

  October 2, 2023

  Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Secrets of Russell Library

  AfterParty, EasternConnecticutParanormalSociety, ECPS, FrancesRussell, FriendsoftheLibrary, ghosts, HauntedLibrary, HistoricalTours, OldChurch, Secrets, SecretsAfterDark, SecretsJr, SecretsOfRussellLibrary, Spirits

• Children’s Books I Love: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles

  Magical, marvelous, and laugh-out-loud funny, the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede captured my heart on the very first page of the first book. There are four books in the Enchanted Chronicles series: Dealing with Dragons, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, and Talking to Dragons. The first three follow the adventures of Princess…

  Mary

  September 25, 2023

  Book Reviews, Kids and Teens, Recommendations

  Book Reviews, CallingOnDragons, DealingWithDragons, Dragons, EnchantedForestChronicles, Fantasy, Linderwall, PatriciaCWrede, Preteen, PrincessCimorene, TalkingWithDragons

• Books that Saved My Family’s Sleep

  When my husband and I had our first child, we thought we had done everything we possibly could to prepare. We read a ton of medical books on pregnancy and infant care. We attended every relevant class offered at the local university’s hospital. Because my husband had a generous course reduction from his college, he…

  Amy S.

  July 31, 2023

  Book Reviews, Kids and Teens, Recommendations

  BringingUpBebe, ConnecticutKindergartenLaw, Cribsheet, DrMichelCohen, DrowsyButAwake, EmilyOster, ExpectingBetter, ParentData, ParentingBooks, RedShirting, SleepTraining, TheFamilyFirm